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A Taste of the Town

By: Dara Udobong ‘23

This Black History Month, USG’s External Affairs Committee and BSA teamed up to provide students with a taste of the local community via the first ever restaurant crawl featuring Black-owned businesses. Starting at USC and traversing the length of South Central LA, the restaurant crawl featured three restaurants that followed a three-course dinner menu perfectly curated for the eager (and hungry) college students who embarked upon this mission.

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USG Senator Overview

By: Jordan Bucknor ‘22

The USG election cycle for the 2019–2020 year has officially ended! 4,777 people voted this time around, representing 23.9% of the undergraduate student body. Were you one of them? Although not every student voted, the Senate is meant to represent all students — so getting to know the candidates is probably a good idea. Read more to find out more about each elected senator and what you can expect from them for the next academic year.

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USG Election Rundown

By: Jordan Bucknor ‘22

You can stop avoiding Trousdale now. Election season is over! You no longer have to rack your brain thinking about polite ways to decline informational handouts or feverishly avoid eye contact. No more poster boards and no more free food (kinda bummed I never got my In-N-Out) because the results are (unofficially) in!

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USG Presidential Debate: The Big Questions

By: Terry Nguyen ‘20

On Feb. 1, USC Annenberg Media hosted a town hall-style debate for the Undergraduate Student Government presidential and vice presidential candidates. The three presidential tickets for this year’s election – Austin-Morgan, Million-Vorhoff and Rachel-Rebecca — feature a diverse range of candidates from all aspects of the student body, and the topics they touched upon in their limited speaking time illustrated the goals and unique personalities of each platform. The questions were submitted by members of the undergraduate community, and topics such as tuition transparency, sexual assault prevention and diversity initiatives were raised. Each ticket was given approximately one minute to respond, and moderator Cole Sullivan selected the order in which they would answer. To those who did not tune into the USG presidential debate, here are a few important questions raised by members of the audience to the three presidential tickets and their responses:

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Looking Back with President Menard

By: Paul Samaha ‘17

“My name is Andrew Menard, and I am the undergraduate student body president. I come to you now as President who only has a couple short months left…”

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